Obama Expected to Sign Defense Agreement on Visit to Philippines

U.S. Forces Would Return on 'Rotational' Basis

MANILA—Opposition to American military involvement in the Philippines forced Washington to abandon what once was its largest overseas Navy base, Subic Bay, in 1992, along with the rest of its military network in the country.

Now, more than two decades later, Manila is urging Washington to come back, and not just to Subic.